Description: The video is narrated by three narrators – one represents the government and their demands for ‘efficiency’ through cuts, another represents the voice of a local resident in Brent, and the final voice effectively speaks for the documentarians, voicing their direct frustration and confrontation with the country’s lawmakers.

The documentary reveals a place card of the tree of power in the health authority: from Government > DHSS > Regional Health Authority > District Health Authority > District Management Team. The film is composed primarily of talking head interviews with trade union members, local GPs, nurses and members of the District Health Authority. The documentary argues that by reducing the number of beds available, and shutting down certain wards, the government is preparing to close down certain hospitals, particularly Central Middlesex in Brent. We see local health workers fight back, by lobbying against the cuts to keep their hospital functioning and how the action of trade unions is empowering local staff to speak up without fear of repercussions. The documentary then highlights how in November 1983, Brent Health Emergency received leaked information that the Regional Health Authority lined up the Regional Middlesex Hospital as one of the eight general hospitals to be closed in the region. Tracing the domino effect of hidden NHS cuts, the documentary exposes how reducing the number of beds in the name of ‘efficiency’ had led to high readmission rates; how cuts to the Middlesex Hospital then placed greater strain on neighbouring hospitals; and how the diversion from NHS to ‘community care’ is ineffective as the district nursing department faces greater strain. A young Jeremy Corbyn appears at one point, protesting against NHS cuts outside a derelict building, formerly a part of St George’s Hospital. The film also examines how Brent, a borough composed of a large immigrant population, faces structural barriers and racial health inequalities, as a result. FILM WAS INITIALLY INDEPENDENT THEN BOUGHT BY CHANNEL 4.